History of Rome and of the Roman people, from its origin to the Invasion of the Barbarians; . fortune, which waswrecked by debauchery, and Suetonius accuses him of havingpoisoned his oaati son in order to inherit his property. On everyside he was beset by creditors, and, like Otho, his only refugewas the Empire. Yinius, Avhose good graces he had obtained byfavouring the faction of the blues at the circus, proposed himto the prince as commander of the turbulent legions of LowerGermany. His common manners and prodigality, with the neglectof every military regulation, would have won the soldiers
History of Rome and of the Roman people, from its origin to the Invasion of the Barbarians; . fortune, which waswrecked by debauchery, and Suetonius accuses him of havingpoisoned his oaati son in order to inherit his property. On everyside he was beset by creditors, and, like Otho, his only refugewas the Empire. Yinius, Avhose good graces he had obtained byfavouring the faction of the blues at the circus, proposed himto the prince as commander of the turbulent legions of LowerGermany. His common manners and prodigality, with the neglectof every military regulation, would have won the soldiers to himin a fcAV days. AYe have seen, however, that the outbreak beganwith the former legions of Yerginius, but that they proclaimed no 1 Hist., i. 46. ^ Aulus Yitellius, bom iu IJome, on the 7th or 24tli September, of the year 15. (Suet.,Vitell., 3.) THREE EMPERORS FROM JUNE 68 TO DECEMBP^R 09 573 emperor. Xot that they were republicans ; for they had shownat the battle of Vesontio that they wished to keep at the head ofthe State a military chief, who for many reasons suited the army. r-^/^/iNi, OtLo (liust of the Capitol, Hall of the Emperors, No. 10). better than an assembly of old politicians. But there was no ouein the camp upon whose shoulders they could cast the commander, Ilordeonius, was an old man crippled with gout, 574 THE CESARS AND THE FLAAII. 14 TO 96 and while waiting for a candidate to appear they refused obedienceto the other old man of the Palatine, who seemed to them merelythe emperor of the senate. Yalens, legate of one of the legions of Lower Germany, hadkilled CajDito, perhaps to remove a witness of his own abortiveintrigues ; he thought himself ill-paid for this service, and urgedYitellius to seize on the fortune which lay open to him. Theruined general hesitated no longer when he learned that thelegions at Mayence had broken the images of Galba. You musteither,- said he to the soldiers, march against your comrades andbegin war, or
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